My path

I decided to start training as a psychotherapist quite late, in my early forties. I grew up in Carinthia (Austria) and, after studying Scandinavian and German studies in Vienna, I spent many years of my adult life abroad, including in England, Denmark, Belgium, and Germany.

In addition to my work as a psychotherapist, I was professionally at home in an international and university environment. When I was in my early 40s, I realized that I was neglecting one part of my personality and that my career was too one-sided. That's why I set out on a journey to find the raison d'être for this other pole, which no longer wanted to be oppressed.

Since I myself have taken this path of a fundamental career change and have become very happy with it, one of my therapeutic focus lies in finding out, whether the current life path of the clients might require a change that is necessary for the well-being of the psyche, since the psyche strives for wholeness and suffers when talents and strengths cannot be lived out or are neglected.

Curriculum Vitae

Mag. Karin Lagger


since 2019Carrying out psychotherapeutic - / analytical work in private practice
2017 – 2022Candidate at the Austrian Society for Analytical Psychology (ÖGAP)
2017 – 2020Clinical internships in psychiatric departments of SMZ-Ost and Otto-Wagner-Hospital (OWS)
since 2017Gerontopsychosocial Advisor (agenetwork, Vienna)
2016Böhmer-Laufer Psychosocial internship at the Maimonides Center, Vienna
2015 – 2016Propaedeuticum at the Vienna Psychoanalytical Academy
2014 – 2022Research Coordinator at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU)
since 2014Non-medical practitioner of psychotherapy (Nuremberg Health Agency, Germany)
since 2014Certified Psychological Advisor (VFP, Germany)
2014Internship in the Therapeutic Workshop of the City Mission Nuremberg, Germany
2008 – 2014Research Coordinator at Universities and Research Institutes in Germany and Austria
2000 – 2007Personal Assistant for Deputies in European Institutions in Brussels
1994 – 1999Studied Scandinavian and German Studies at the University of Vienna

Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten / Publikationen


2024Approaches of Analytical Psychology to the Topic of Narcissism.
Article in publication: e-Journal der ÖGAP: Volume 11, 2024 (February 27, 2024)
2022Diploma thesis at the Austrian Society for Analytical Psychology (ÖGAP):
Approaches of Analytical Psychology to the Topic of Narcissism.
2019Hymiskviða – Thor's Lay within the Poetic Edda.
Article in publication: Norse Myths – A Perspective from the Analytical Psychology of C. G. Jung (January 22, 2020), ed. Åsa Liljenroth-Denk
Published by  Buchschmiede
2017agenetworkNarcissism – The Indignities of Old Age
If you are interested in publications, please contact me. (Papers and publications are only available in German)

Memberships


seit 2024 Studying in Austria – Quality Circle Team Austria for Health Insurance Funds in Germany
since 2022 IAAP – International Association for Analytical Psychology
since 2019 PTBD - Psychotherapeutical Emergency Service
since 2018 ÖBVP - Austrian Federal Association for Psychotherapy
since 2018 WLP - Vienna State Association for Psychotherapy
since 2017 ÖGAP  - Austrian Society for Analytical Psychology

What do dying people regret?
"I wish I had not spent so much time with working."

– B. Ware 2013